Saturday, May 09, 2009

The Well


At the bottom of the well
the liquid is not only the rain
but salty tears
There is no escape
I have scraped layers of my
fingers raw, bloody-
mixing with the juices from below
clawing, going nowhere
I see pieces of my flesh on the stones

Is it fear I feel?
Regret?
I think I will just sleep some more on
this rock keeping me above the
water line.

Maybe when I awake,
Ill be somewhere else.

2 comments:

Hope said...

You are a gifted writer. I'll be back to read more.

jackie said...

i like it. you wrote that huh.